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TROPICAL STORM ALMA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP012008
0300 UTC FRI MAY 30 2008
 
AT 8 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF COSTA RICA HAS
DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF
COSTA RICA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COASTS OF
NICARAGUA...HONDURAS...AND EL SALVADOR.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 13.4N  87.2W AT 30/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR 350 DEGREES AT   8 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1000 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO  50 KT.
34 KT....... 30NE  30SE  30SW   0NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 13.4N  87.2W AT 30/0300Z
AT 30/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 12.9N  87.1W
 
FORECAST VALID 30/1200Z 14.9N  87.7W...INLAND
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 31/0000Z 16.6N  88.7W...INLAND REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 31/1200Z 17.8N  90.1W...INLAND REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 01/0000Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 13.4N  87.2W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 30/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER KNABB
 
 
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